Strap-hanger for vehicles.



P. L. SESSINS.

STRAP HANGER FOR VEHICLES. ArPLIGATIoN ULEB m10. 11, 1912.

@5gg Patented Apr.' 8, 1913 W/ Tf1/51511515: QR /A/x/E/V To@ FRNK L. SJSSIQNS, OF LAXEWOO), OHIO. SSIS-N05'. .l() THE STANBARD WELDING I I CMPANY, F CLEVELAND, O-IIG, A CORPORATEON 0F OHIO..

STRAPHANGER FOR VEHICLES,

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Specification of Letters ?etent.

Patented Api'. 8, l 913.

Application filed December 1l, i912, Serial No. 736,124.

To all z'zmay concern Be it known that I, FRA-Nn L. Sessions, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lakewood, county of Cuyahoga, and S'tate`-of'0hio, have invente-d a new and useful 'improvement in Strap-Hangers for Y ehicles, of which thel following is u specificello the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that prineiple, so as4 to distinguish it from other inventions.

lu connection with strap hangers such as are aniiliarly in use A:tor the accommodation of passengers who are required to stand in street'cers, oninihuses and the like, it is a well known fact that the straps quickly become soiled and thereupon unsenitay, quite apart from other considerations of discomfort that are involved intheir use, rendering thern more than a necessary evil. It has, accordingly, been attempted to pi'ovide hangers with metal, handles o't various forms which do not become so readily soiled, and are otherwise superior to the simple straps. Most oia these, however, are more or less complicated and expensive in their construction, or for other reasons unsuitable for practical use. The object of the present invention., aeeoidingly, is the provision of a strap with a metal-handle which may beinexpensively manufactured, but which will neveitheless he entirely satisfactory' in use and possess the advantage of a metal handle or grip 'hich may he enameled and thus kept clean and sanitary. 3

-To the accomplishment of these and related objects the invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.v K

The annexed drawing and the following description set 'oth in detail certain mechanism embodying 'the invention, such discl sed means constituting, however, but one of veiious mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

in seid annexed drawing :e-ligure l is e perspeetive View oi? e hanger of my proved-construction; Figs. 2 and 3, are respectively' e. side end e front elevation of the saine; Fig. 4-.is e cross sect-ion of the handle of such hanger taken on the line i-1t, Fig. Q; and Fig. 5 is a similar cross section, but taken on the line. 5-5 Fig. 2.

The hanger, inthe simple form illustrated, comprises essentially but two elements, viz. a looped strap l of fiat cross seetion very'similar to the str-.1p that is ordinarily found in Ause at the present time; and a handle 2. The upper end of the loop of the strap is designed to be passed around a rod 3 or equivalent support, and preferably a rivet e or buckle is provided to hold thev opposite portions-of the loop together at a point just below suoli rod. thus moreelt'ectively securing the strap thereto. The main portion of the looped strap will then depend downwardly und on this portion is secured the aforesaid handle or grip 2 which forms the item of present interest. rl`his handle.v

or grip is of general tubular form, being bent substantially into semi-circular shape and is made' of metal, preferably enameled, or painted, so as to present a smooth surface that may be readily kept clean. The crosssection of the major portion of said tubulai` handle is substantially circular, as shown in Fig. 5, and is of sdiameter less than the Width of the strap which is designed lo he passed theretizrough. rlhe respective ends oi' the handle, however, are flattened to present openings t1 oi' the width of suoli strap, these flattened ends being slightly curved on theii` inner sides, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the ends of the strap when introduced in the aforesaid openings will be folded slightly along a centi-al longitudinal line end thus more readily entei` into and pass through thelportion of the handle having a circular cross section. in such portion, however. the strap willV naturally, by reason of iis tendency to resumev its original llat form, bear t'iictiomilly against the inner Walls of the handle. und in this wey the latter Will he heid at Whatever point along the strap it may be left.

lfn the construction vand assembling of my improved strep hanger, the strap will be thus passed through the handle before the upper end of the loop is riveted, as shown in Fig. l, and after one end has been passed through the handle it will be sewed or other- Wise attched to the othereud, at 7, Fig. 2,

preferably with edges abutting, and the Junction point drawn back again onto the handle so as to be hidden from View.

By reason of the relation of the Width of the strap to the diameter of the tubular handie, is possible to secure the handle in its desired permanent place on the strap without the use of rivets, or. any form of retaining device, Which not only would add-to the expense of manufacture, but also be undesirable7 because after the handle is once enameled. any mechanical operation performed thereon will almost certainly crack or otherwise mar the handle, thus rendering it unsuitable for the purpose for which it is designed. The. handle, furthermore, is at the saine time given the desirable circular cross-section in the portion that requires to be grasped by the hand of the user. i

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided'the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means bc employed.

I therefore particularly point out and dis tinctly claim as my invention 1, In a device of the character described, the combination with a iat strap, of a tubular handle fitted 'over said strap, the diamenoeaaoi ter of said handle being less than the width of said strap, whereby the latter is doubled longitudinally] to frictionally hold said` over said strap, the diameter of said handle.

being less than the width of said strap, whereby nally to place. L v

`3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a dat strap1 in the form ofa loop, of a curved tubular over said strap, ing' of substantially circular cross-section and its ends being ilattened, the width of such attened ends bein substantially equal to that of said strap an the diameter of the body of said handle bein less than the Width o said strap, where y the latter is doubled longitudinally to rlctionally hold said handle 1n place.

frictionally hold said handle in Signed by me, this 10th day of' December,

FRANK L. SESSlONS.

attested by- D. T. Davms, JN0. F. OBERLIN.

the latter is doubled longitudi-` andle fitted f the body of said handle be- 

